Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *pnew-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to breathe; to sneeze

Old Greek: pnéō, ep. pnéi̯ō, aor. pnêu̯sai̯, ipv. am-pnüe, med. -ǖto, pf. pépneu̯ka, aor. pass. pneu̯sthē̂nai̯ `wehen, hauchen, atmen, riechen', pnêu̯ma n. `Wind, Atem, Geist', pnoǟ́, ep. pnoi̯ǟ́ f. `Wind, Hauch, Atem', pnêu̯si-s `das Wehen'

Germanic: *fniú-s-ia- vb., *fnū́-s-a- vb., *fnú-s=; *fnu-z-án- m.

Russ. meaning: дышать; чихать

References: WP I 501 f